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Daily State of the Markets Friday Morning – October 30, 2009   After a pullback that might have shaken the confidence of any Johnny-come-lately’s to the stock market party, all was right with the world again yesterday as stocks...

Daily State of the Markets Thursday Morning – October 29, 2009   After weeks of economic data and earnings reports being adorned with the words “better than expected,” it appears the tide has turned lately as the preface to the...

Daily State of the Markets Wednesday Morning – October 28, 2009   Although the Dow finished in the green on Tuesday, the rest of the indices headed lower for a third straight session; something, we might add, that has only...

Daily State of the Markets Tuesday Morning – October 27, 2009   Good morning. Stocks headed higher out of the gate on Monday on the back of some better than expected economic news out of South Korea (of all places). And before I...

Daily State of the Markets Monday Morning – October 26, 2009   If you had watched TV or hunted around on the popular news sites, you probably would have gone home Friday afternoon thinking that profit taking was the key to the...

Daily State of the Markets Friday Morning – October 23, 2009   One of the lessons I’ve learned over the past 20+ years is Ms. Market really hates it when you make a statement – especially a public statement – suggesting that you...

Daily State of the Markets Thursday Morning – October 22, 2009   Why the Dive?   Good morning. Long time readers of Daily State of the Markets know that I am a firm believer in the idea that the indices don’t move a hundred...

Daily State of the Markets Wednesday Morning – October 21, 2009   With the indices fresh off new 52-week highs and plenty of earnings reports being prefaced with the words “better than expected,” it would not have been...

Daily State of the Markets Tuesday Morning – October 20, 2009   The bears tell us that by most counts, the stock market should be pulling back right about now. After a huge run up off of the bottom and then a series of...

Daily State of the Markets Monday Morning – October 19, 2009   While it remains VERY early in the game, the question foremost on traders’ minds these days is: Which is the better bellwether? Should investors be taking their cue...